ILI: Ask me: what is it ?

ILI

Ask me: what is it ?

© 2006 Dars records

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IDM, Electronic album - melodic tones soft glitch and hard IDM beats for fans of post-IDM. Nice electronics from cold Siberia.

notes

oleg semenovyh was born in chelyabinsk, russia. he began engaging seriously in music in 1987 when joining the group "tehnika bezopasnosti" (which means literally "the safety precautions" or just TB) as the guitar player and the author of the band's lyrics. The group played psychedelic guitar music and produced a number of albums.

from 1992 to 1994 he worked as a solo artist using his real name oleg semenovyh. since 2003 he has been experimenting with electronic music using the pseudonym I L I and aljon.
Oleg does music under a name aljon therefore there is an album which has left on Portuguese enoughrecords, and subsequently as I L I, lets out a little EP in German tonAtom, enoughrecords, EP with Bulgarian musician Sector in camomille, participates in compilations on dars records and tribute to COIL "In memoriam Jhonn Balance” (fulldozernocharizma labels) …
The Album " Ask me: what is it? " Includes the tracks written during 2004-2005.
ILI plays at the South-Ural festivals of electronic music Electroline (Chelyabinsk) and I.D.M.ology festival in Ekaterinburg together with other actors of a label: Nightech, Neotnas, Aa1, CellarDoor.

Nomination of the musical newspaper "BlokNot" - the Best electronic project in Chelyabinsk of year 2005.
“Oleg Semenovyh, aka ILI, confirms the superiority in the field of electronic music of city not casually. It not simply leader of unique label Dars Records and the operating musician. It for today, perhaps, the most talented and original representative electronic music of Chelyabinsk. At all present variety of projects on a local experimental stage ILI - the unique person who can be named with all boldness worthy ranks of the project of year. Album ILI – “Ask me: what is it”, which has released on Dars records, really, is fine. ”

teamNORMANrecords

... Also on Dars is a rather good CD 'Ask Me: What Is IT?" By ILI. 'Terevaz' is futuristic electronic music at its finest, its sinister sounding and the beats are solid. There are offbeat crunchy tracks on here, strange melodies and some difficult experimental bits. I think this may appeal to Skam / Autechre heads.




mari posa

Die Ideenflaute scheint weggewischt und der Daumen zeigt nach oben. Diese Position verlasst er dann auch bis zum Ende nicht mehr.

tonatom
(sabine dirksen/elektr@)

be honest, you know them as well: those books called "synthesizer von gestern" (yesterday's synthesizer) by matthias becker which are famous within this circle of hardware fans. and even more famous are the accompanying cds in heavenly blue, heavenly green and heavenly orange, filled with sound samples from the infamous bigmoog to the crispy wasp (with spider)... enough stuff for 1001 nights of synthesizer dreams.
.... it sounds like the last upcoming uproar in the kingdom of the growling giants

camomille

provide a dance of fire and ice as they exchange melodies. From gazeous clouds to solid manufacturing of beats.

nishi

Glitchy polyrhythms from Russia. Oleg Semenovyh's tours of the post-IDM landscape are unpredictable and minutely detailed, encompassing all manner of sound sources.His styles include experimental, neo-IDM, glitch, and others.

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  • In particular this brings to mind Plaid work up to about the point of 2001’s "Do
    author: Roger Batty

    This is a Russian project that very much dwells in Retro IDM; in particular this brings to mind Plaid work up to about the point of 2001’s "Double figures". This has the same love of Synth medioes that are child-like, playful and simple, danced around by and surrounded by often big beat patterns that manage to be inventive, playful with nods towards Hip-Hop bombastics. There’s also the odd slide into darker wonky sounding electronics, but these are moments are out number by the more quirky computer game soundtrack and child melodic playfulness. Though not the most original album your likely to come across it does have a certain charm and glint all of its own, worth a look if you enjoy old IDM.

  • original, soulful, clever electronic music
    author: jds

    I ordered this CD on a lark after hearing a track by a different artist on the same label on inet radio. I expected another lesser-ae, but this is something else. It swings in very odd ways; sure the twisted electronics are there, and the polyrhythms, but there's a bounciness and humour that has nothing to do with dance nor with the pessimism of Coil, say. Lullabies for martians.

  • From the depths of Russia (seriously, look up Chelyabinsk) comes a fascinating r
    author: Dutton Hauhart

    From the depths of Russia (seriously, look up Chelyabinsk) comes a fascinating release consisting of sticky, Autechre-inspired IDM and glitch. Though perhaps not the most unique or cutting-edge project to be classified as such, what ILI has accomplished with "Ask Me: What Is It?" is nevertheless arresting in its abstract, polyrhythmic quality. Both melancholic and otherworldly, this brand of experimental electronic music is rich with melodic timbres and finely manufactured sounds. Whether limping along like an automaton on crutches ("Bels Uule"), or perhaps skipping and tripping down stairs instead ("For Your" and "Fhrul"), the beats on "Ask Me: What Is It?" are never straightforward. These entropic cadences are like chaotic streams of pebbles - cascading, falling and splashing among rocks and sand, rippling and reverberating like water. The fractured beats are overlaid with lush, breathy atmospherics ("Gate To Siberia"), disembodied vocal snippets ("Kren" and "Recuno"), and insectile grooves that crawl above, below and through finely molded minutiae ("Terevaz" and "Sabl"). It is deeply penetrating, psychedelic music. With each successive listen, "Ask Me: What Is It?" becomes synonymous with ILI's attentiveness to motion and detail. Concerning these attributes, the album remains steadfast in its glitchy dedication. Insect metaphors continue to be appropriate in describing the contrasting delicate-versus-substantial elements of the music's varying inflections, whether melodic or dissonant. From the trancey synth stabs of the title track, to the infusion of far eastern flavors in both sound and structure ("Massa Ra"), ILI offers a product that delivers guaranteed mind-bending satisfaction, but little more. "Ask Me: What Is It?" feels soulless, and it is anyone's guess if that is intentional or not. -- Dutton Hauhart

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